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// XVIII: Good vs Evil 
// Story: The After Party 
// by Blackdrag-rose 
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	The first thing Rose felt was the magic dispel from Rocket's horn. The monster roared and backed up, holding its head as if it was fighting itself now. Almost as if Rocket was trying to regain control and the monster wanted to remain in control. Then she noticed something that made her heart skip a beat; the skin surrounding the stallion was beginning to crack and light was beginning to shine from within.

"A simple kiss cannot break the power of darkness," Chrysalis shouted, facing the stallion, "His darkness has him and he will not easily give him up. Face it 067, you have failed."

"Something is clearly happening," Sombra coughed, getting out of the rubble slowly, "Whatever that mare just did is working."

"Its the power of Love," came Cadence's voice, "Never doubt the power of pure love."

"CHRYSALIS."

The Changeling in question was surprised, the stallion hadn't spoken a word since his transformation, mostly just raging and screaming, but now he had actually said something. He had said her name, but not with the friendly vibe she was expecting. No, she could feel the anger rolling off of the stallion, only to be replaced by something more. Something almost peaceful and accepting. Or maybe she was imaging it and the monster was pleading for help.

Smoke began to emit from the stallion's body, almost as if Rocket and Dark's fighting was tearing the poor thing apart from within, and the power was seeking to escape. The stallion continued to back up as the rest of the Alicorns and Discord began to awaken, getting up and watching the stallion with curiosity. The air rippled as energy began to spill from the stallion, who began to scream as he thrashed around, trying to cure himself of the fighting within.

Twilight's eyes widened in realization as she figured out what was going to happen.

"Get everypony to safety NOW," she shouted, working her magic to move her friends out of the way, "At the rate he's going he's going to explode and take all of us with him."

That kicked Celestia like a ton of bricks and she began moving ponies at rapid speed, hoping that whatever was happening didn't result in the explosion her student warned them about. Discord and Sombra, both wounded beyond belief, were helping out, moving what ponies they could with their limited power. Luna went on the offensive and attacked Chrysalis while Cadence moved Rocket's friends and her husband away. The only one that hadn't been picked up was Rose, who was watching the stallion.

Then a second energy pillar appeared in their field of vision, consuming the stallion and blocking him from their view. This time energy seemed to gather around the pillar, spilling into the core and whatever was happening on the inside. Luna flew to where the Royal Family was and expected the worst to happen; the explosion of such terrible power. Though Chrysalis watched with glee, as if making the stallion die like this would aid her cause.

"What's going on here?" Discord tiredly asked, breathing hard as he noticed the magic from the monster's attacks linger in the air, "Either he's going to blow or something else is happening here."

The air rippled and the pillar dissipated into nothing, leaving a cloud of dust behind. It took just a minute for enough dust to clear so they could see what had happened, but what everypony saw shocked them to their cores.

Standing in the direct center of what could have been the blast center was a stallion with a light blue coat and Rocket's Cutie Mark. His horn, hooves, legs, mane, and tail had been cured of the holes that had covered them earlier, except that his body was the same size as Chrysalis' or Celestia's body. His horn was the same length as the Solar Goddess and he had  wings as big as her's as well. Oddly enough the stallion's mane and tail were now golden colored and were definitely longer then they had been before Chrysalis has bitten him. When he opened his eyes everypony noticed that his eyes were now silver colored.

"He's an Alicorn," Discord grumbled, "That's just great. And its also impossible to have forced such an evolution."

"Your impossible Discord," Celestia sighed, knowing it would be difficult to reason with the God of Chaos, "I allowed Twilight to ascend to Alicornhood, so it clearly isn't impossible. But to cause a forced one should be nearly impossible."

"What now?" Twilight asked, wondering what they were going to do with another member to the Alicorn family.

"We wait and see what he does," Celestia answered, "Who knows, maybe he'll revert to a unicorn soon."

"Come now Rocket Sky, obliterate these pathetic Alicorns," Chrysalis shouted, hoping that the stallion would still follow her commands, "and we will rule Equestria together."

"Shut the buck up Chrysalis," the stallion said, sounding older as he stared at the Changeling Queen, "I've had it with you, planning on using me against Celestia and her family. I am not some puppet for you to command."

Chrysalis screamed and unleashed a barrage of magic missiles at the stallion, who preceded to throw up a barrier around himself. Before she could react he emerged from the smoke and blasted her at point blank range, tossing her into a tree. She groaned and flew into the sky, turning to look down at the stallion as she sent two more waves of missiles at him, blasting him and the area around him.

Energy gathered around in the smoke, but it was far different then the attack that Dark had used to save Rocket's life countless times. This time the orb gathered around in front of his hoof, spinning around at such high speeds that not even Chrysalis could follow it. Before she could even take her eyes off the stallion he was in front of her, with the orb firmly connected to her chest. it exploded and tossed her to the ground, where she stared at the stallion as she hit the ground with a hard thud.

"You win," Chrysalis admitted defeat as the stallion appeared above her, looking down at her with pity in his eyes, "Don't look down on me."

"You are relieved of your Queenship," Rocket said, nodding to Rose, "and your daughter will be taking over. Maybe this time Changelings and Ponies can get along without trying to kill each other."

"Chrysalis smirked and closed her eyes. "Whatever," she said, "I have served my Hive for too long and I will go into exile for the time being. But mark my words, one day I will return."

"I'll be ready when that day comes," Rocket promised, receiving a surprise hug from Rose, "See you around Chrysalis."

"So what now?" Rose asked, curious as to what the stallion would be doing with his life now.

Rocket sighed as they walked away from the broken Changeling, his mind already racing. His friends smiled and nodded at him as they approached, though Celestia was shaking her head and Luna was extremely cheerful.

"I guess if my form remains unchanged I'll be included in the roster of Alicorns," he admitted, "but either way I do believe you and I will be living our lives together."

"Ooh, a marriage is it?" Pinkie asked from behind them, "I call dibs on planning the party."

Rocket shook his head and smiled, that was so like the Pinkie Pie that he knew. He only hoped that everypony else was comfortable with his current form if it didn't change.